"The habit of dwelling on the past, has a narrowing as well as a debilitating influence. Behind us, there is a small, - an almost insignificant measure of time; before us, there is an eternity. It is the natural tendency of the mind to magnify the one, and to diminish the other ..."

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Source : Harriet Martineau (1836). “Philosophical essays. Essays on the art of thinking. Sabbath musings. Moral essays. Parables. Poetry”, p.221

Harriet Martineau

#Past Quotes #Dwelling Quotes #Perspective Quotes

“the devil never sleeps ...”
“Expectations tend to be self-fulfilling.”
“What I really try to do is take different pages out of different players books.”

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“Dead folks can't hurt you none. It's the ones that are alive, you have to watch out for.”

Source : Grace Metalious (2011). “Peyton Place”, p.35, UPNE
“You may have heard of Black Friday and Cyber Monday. There's another day you might want to know about: Giving Tuesday. The idea is pretty straightforward. On the Tuesday after Thanksgiving, shoppers take a break from their gift-buying and donate what they can to charity.”
“Growing up, I would watch a movie on video and would go to the back of the VHS and locate the address for Universal Pictures or MGM or whatever. I'd write to the studios asking them if I could be in a movie. They never wrote me back.”
“Believe me, nothing is so calculated to lose you audience sympathy as too many tears. Move your listeners all you can but let them do the crying.”

Source : Ilka Chase (1963). “Elephants Arrive at Half-past Five”, Garden City, N.Y., Doubleday
“I just really have an affinity for women. Watching them go through journeys is more interesting to me than watching men.”

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